I have had my band for about 6 months. Everything has been smooth for me, post op was a breeze, losing weight has been rather easy. However, the last two days I have had this dull aching pain over the entire left side of my abdomen. I am so worried about my port because it is tender all around the port. Could this be hormones? I am about 1 week from my TOM. Could the port have flipped? Do you experience pain when the port flips? Maybe it is just gas...I don't feel like I need to pass any gas though. The ache goes alll the way around to my back. Could it be my gallbladder? I really can't go down to TJ to see my doctor right now, it takes an entire day for me to do that. Has anyone ever had an aching pain on the left side of their abdomen for several days? I am praying that it is just gas.....:confused2::confused2::confused2: I was self pay so if I go to my regular physician complaining of side pain I wonder if insurance will cover it. I really hope I didn't get an infection somehow, 6 months from surgery I would think I am past all of that. Errosion maybe????

How scary!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it is just gas or we have to go #2. I still have it too and it is every day. I have not slimmed or PB but I have not had a fill. Please email me when you get back so I know if I have to be seen sooner and I will know how you are. joitydings@yahoo.com

Good luck I wish you well!

Hello everyone i'm 12 weeks out and started having this pain a few days ago. It's just a slight mild pain not bad enough to take meds.

Please lets keep in touch to see what this annoying pain is!

My surgeon said that the left sided pain is usually muscle related and will subside but did say I should have told him when it first began. Although he said my symptoms of the intense, radiating pain with slimming did not sound like a muscle. He did say he was stumped. He did an upper GI which showed my band is fine, not slipped at all. He is sending me for a cat scan on friday at 1pm. He wants to rule out injury to my spleen and or pancreas. He says there's always a possibility it was injured during surgery. While in the waiting room I was talking with 2 other women who also had left side pain!!!

I will let you know what the cat scan says. I go back on the 18th. The results should be back to him by then. I just hope it doesn't come back in the mean time! He said to call him if and when it happens.

Iam down 18lbs in 5 wks! That's a plus. I was going in for a fill next wk but he said no fills till he figures out what's wrong.

For all those having it, mention it to your surgeons asap. Let them know.

Okay I think I found the answer or for me at least! The top doctor in Kansas City called and they said it is usually gas in the stomach that accidently got caught in the stomach during surgery. They told me to get Mylanta gas plus relief and use it until it goes away, like daily. Yippeeeeee what a relief!!

I know my pain was NOT gas. But Iam glad you found relief!!

gosh, I do hope that is what is wrong with me. I thought it was strange that you could still have gas inside your stomach from them putting it into your cavity for surgery. Why wouldn't the gas leave when all the other gas did? Well, I am going to try any way.

Annabella I hope you get better!

Joi, I hope it works for you too. I know my pain isn't gas. Not sure what it is. I still have the left side pain. Its pretty much a constant these days. I will be glad when the cat scan is done. I do hope nothing is wrong and whatever it is thats going on just heals itself and goes away. Most people with the side pain seem to say it does go away?

She said the left side pain does go away with the Mylanta plus gas. There is an air bubble in the stomach and I guess it can't get out. So the Mylanta is suppose to take care of it. That is just what the doctor's office said. She also said it can be very presistant and miserable. So I tried it and it helped.

I was banded September 07 and a few months ago I started having pain on my left side as well. The pain is in my rib cage area. It can best be described as a cramp that you might have when running or exercising, but it doesn't go away for hours. My doctor says it's most likely the tubing that attaches the port to the band. On my xray, you can see the tube right in this area. I was told the pain likely comes from the tubing pressing up against the diaphragm which explains the cramp like feeling that worsens/sharpens with deep breaths. I'm scheduled for a laparoscopy next week in which he will move the tubing. Hopefully this works for relief! I hope everyone else having the infamous "left sided pain" has relief as well!<-----this is the "hopeful" face!

My pain is too far over and below the rib cage. So it is not right under the rib cage. Good luck glad you found out!

Jewlzmarie, My pain too gets worse with deep breaths, reaching up or stretching, getting up fast etc...

I saw my gastro dr today thinking it could be gastro. I have IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) brought on by the removal of my gallbladder. I have had IBS for 6 yrs now and have learned to control it and live with it. I found out today through a new dr (my old one moved away to AZ) that I also had a moderate case of Diverticulosis. I was NEVER told I had this disease. Iam upset to say the least. My symptoms seem to fit Diverticulosis when its advanced. He said back 6 yrs ago when I was 31 that I had a colon that looked like someone typical of 60-80 yrs old. The only thing you can do for this is to pack in the Fiber to help control it. This is very disheartening b/c my sisters friend just got her husband home from the hospital due to Diverticulosis. One of his pockets burst and he got so sick he was on a ventalator, lost 85% of his colon, has a colostomy bag, and is very ill. My disease seems to fit the symptoms Iam having but do we all have this disease and we just don't know it? Its said that everyone will have some form of this by the time they reach their 80's. One usually doesn't know they have it until a colonoscopy is done usually for some other reason as in my case. I had rectal bleeding in 2002 and found out I had polyps. They were removed but it was noted then I had this other disease which unfortunately I was never made aware of. Maybe my pain is all due to this? I have a catscan tomorrow and a colonoscopy on Sept 2nd.

It makes sense of the disease I have, but it doesn't make sense b/c so many of us have it and we are all banded and now having it?? All I can do is wait and see what the results of each test show. As of right now its still 50/50 that MY left side pain is my band or gastro related. I simply don't know.

Hello I got band on 2/28/08 and now starting to have the side pains. Just wanted to know what were your results from the test you took

There has to be more to this than an "gas pocket" if you are just now getting the pain. Let do some research on the internet and see if we can find something out and then post it.

Thanks, I will be looking online also let me know if you find anything

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